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Devotional: Two Kinds of Perfection Needed
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered
Continue reading...Devotional: Present and Complete Justification Before God
came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs” Numbers 13:23)
Continue reading...Yahweh’s Answer to Habakkuk’s New Complaint (Habakkuk 2:2-5)
“Professional messengers, who carried tablets that contained situational updates, diplomatic correspondence, and provincial requests, were an important component of both everyday business and of the
Continue reading...Sermon on the Rich Young Ruler (Mark 10:17-27)
I had heard of him from a friend of mine whose son had been healed by him. All my friend could talk about was “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” And it wasn’t just how grateful he was for his son’s
Continue reading...Sermon on Mark 10:17-27, The Rich Young Ruler
I had heard of him from a friend of mine whose son had been healed by him. All my friend could talk about was “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” And it wasn’t just how grateful he was for his son’s
Continue reading...Sermon on Philippians 3:2-11, The True Gospel and Unity
“Beware of Dog!” Or in the Latin, “Cave Canem!” There is a pic from ancient Pompeii of a tile mosaic at the entrance to someone’s house that says this with a picture of a dog on it. Yes, people
Continue reading...Galatians 6:11-18, Concluding Remarks
You mince food by chopping it up into smaller pieces. You mince words by chopping them up into pieces that do not cross the bounds of politeness or, to use a popular phrase today, political correctness.
Continue reading...Galatians 5:13-18, The Freedom and Responsibility of the Spirit
Paul’s call for the Galatians to choose the freedom that Christ set them free for, is not without recognition that the false teachers claim that pulling out from serving the Law leads one to unlawful
Continue reading...Galatians 5:1-12, Don’t Submit to Circumcision
“Paul has already reached two important goals in his appeal to the Galatians. He has defended his apostleship, including a defense of his right to preach the Gospel with or without the support of
Continue reading...Galatians 4:21-31, The Analogy From Hagar and Sarah
When Sarah failed to have a child by Abraham, she cajoled him into taking her slave girl, Hagar, as wife, and the child born to her, Ishmael, belonged to Sarah and Abraham, according to the custom of that
Continue reading...Galatians 4:8-20, Paul’s Genuine Concern
Paul’s defense of his gospel against the false teachers has been the testimony that he received his gospel by revelation from Christ, that he had little contact with the Jerusalem apostles but that
Continue reading...Galatians 4:1-7, Sonship in Christ Means No Longer Slaves
People are often asked whether they would relive their lives again if they could, knowing what they know now. But even if we were able to go back while retaining the knowledge we have gained, would we
Continue reading...Galatians 3:19-29, The Purpose of the Law
Paul has used the Scriptures to explain that everyone who is keeping the law in order to be justified (declared righteous before God) is under a curse, because no one can keep the law perfectly. The Law
Continue reading...Galatians 3:15-18, Promise, Not Law
If I promised you in a contract that I would cover all your mortgage payments every month, but then later established rules for how you treated your home and refused to pay when you didn’t keep the
Continue reading...Galatians 3:10-14, Christ a Curse in Our Place
Deuteronomy 21:22,23 says: 22 If someone guilty of a capital offense is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, 23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it
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